2008 Upper Deck Baseball Heroes Light Blue Jersey Card

Year: 2008

Manufacturer: Upper Deck

Set: Baseball Heroes

Card Number: 99

Card Type: Parallel Relic

Parallel Set: Light Blue Jersey

Relic Type: Uniform

Card Attributes: Relic, Serial Numbered

Serial Number: 127/200

Been awhile since I posted an actual Yount card.  I've been so busy keeping up with all the new cards coming out.  Let's go back to the well that is the 2008 Upper Deck Baseball Heroes set. Unlike the 2005 version that was HOF centric and that Robin had 5 cards in, in this set Robin has only one card.  Well that and a thousand parallels.  Just kidding of course, but there are a lot.  There are 10 base card color parallels alone, and then the relics, autos and relic autos that parallel the base set.  And while Robin isn't in very possible parallel, he is in a lot of them.  

I'll be honest this set just screams 2008.  Well at least the way the just parallel the base set, by punching a hole for the relic and then applying sticker autos to the card.  That being said it's an overall nice card, the background works well with the very much on display classic Brewers uni.  And we get a nice posed Robin Yount in his later years.  And of course the plain gray swatch is totally 2000s.

2003 Donruss Timeless Treasures HOF Materials Jersey Relic

Year: 2003

Manufacturer: Donruss

Card Set: Timeless Treasures

Card Number: HOF-43

Card Type: Insert Relic

Card Attributes: Relic, Serial numbered

Insert Set: HOF Materials

Relic Type: Jersey

Serial number: 034/100

In 2003 there were almost 100 different baseball card releases. And that's a lot of sets, but what made this year and the next couple so crazy was the explosion of parallels within the sets, inserts, relic, autograph, and relic autograph cards.  Robin has 16 different cards in this set with all the parallels.  He also happens to two cards in the HOF Materials insert set.  He's also featured on card #HOF-18 with a bat relic.  But what is really great about this set and especially this card is the jersey that this swatch is taken from is featured and fully recognized as the source on the back of the card.  Something that is sorely missing in today's, not from any specific event, date, or game,  relic cards.  The card features a very young, maybe still in his teens, Yount in batting pose, although very little of him.  Still this is from a time where relics were still a pretty sought after hit in products and with both his relics in this set being numbered to only 100 fairly rare.  

2005 Upper Deck Classics - Classics Counterparts Dual Relic

Year: 2005

Manufacturer: Upper Deck

Set:  Classics

Card Number: CC-MY

Card Type: Insert Relic

Insert Set: Classic Counterparts Materials

Card Attributes: Piece of Authentic

Relic Type: Jersey

Note: Dual relic with Paul Molitor

Going back to the time of plenty.  I really like this insert set. Of course what's not to love about a card featuring two Brewers legends?  And of course it's a dual relic.  The Counterparts insert set consists of a base card numbered to 1999, this relic version, and an autographed version.  Relic and autograph cards are not numbered. Robin and Paul both have base cards in the set, as well as, being featured in other insert sets.

2019 Topps Allen and Ginter Mini Framed Relic

Year: 2019

Manufacturer: Topps 

Set: Allen and Ginter

Card Number: MFR-RY

Card Type: Insert, Relic

Insert Set: Mini Framed Relics

Relic Type: Jersey

Card Attributes: Piece of Authentic Jersey

COMC Black Friday Haul #30

I realize as I'm writing up these posts that I have a ton of 2019 cards to show off from this year's COMC Black Friday Haul.  I've been trying to mix it up going back and forth, but I realize eventually there are just going to have to me a lot of 2019 card posts.  Anyway....

I picked up a lot of inserts and parallels this year, but also managed to add a few relics.  One that I was happy to snag was Robin's relic from 2019 Allen and Ginter.  I'm a big fan of the set even though I've given up trying to put the base sets together I love the vintage designs and various mini card sets.  I also love when Robin gets included in the set and this year not only did he have a base card and all the parallels that come with that, but this very handsome relic card.  I was lucky enough to get a great deal on it during the Black Friday event and this one even has a hint of color so it's not so boring.  Reminds me of the height of relic cards and how much more cards with pinstripe or other detail went for.

2019 Panini Leather and Lumber Rivals Materials

Year: 2019

Manufacturer: Panini

Set: Leather and Lumber

Card Number: RM-OR

Card Type: Insert, Relic

Insert Set: Rivals Materials

Relic Type: Jersey

Card Attributes: Memorabilia, Serial Numbered

Serial Number: 082/199

2019 COMC Black Friday Haul #13

I picked up a few relics this year during the Black Friday sale.  One I've had my eye on for a while was a base version of the Rivals Materials insert.  I love cards like this that feature two players that some some history and Ozzie and Robin of course met up in the 1982 World Series, and it just so happens this card is serial numbered 82/199.  That's pretty neat and I'd like to say I noticed it before starting to write this post, but I didn't.  I chuckle a little bit because this set also takes me back to the late 90's/early 2000's when every product featured hits with plain swatches and the really desirable cards were the ones with a little color. Panini didn't bother to write anything about the match up on the back.

2008 Playoff Prime Cuts Icons MVP Triple Relic

Year: 2008

Manufacturer: Donruss

Set: Playoff Prime Cuts

Card Number: 22

Card Type: Insert Relic Parallel

Insert Set: Icons 

Parallel Set: Materials MVP

Card Attributes: Relic, Serial Numbered

Relic Type: Jersey

Serial Number: 13/15

Donruss put out a couple unlicensed sets in 2008.  The one I remember best was the Donruss Threads set, but they also put out a couple last gasp Playoff brand sets.  The Prime Cuts was a mix of active, rookie, veteran retired, and hall of famers.  The set itself was not licensed by the MLB or MLBPA, but rather Donruss contracted directly with the player to use their likeness for the set.  Donruss also skirted the legality of using partial logos and team colors and in doing so the set isn't half bad.  There are also a ton of inserts, parallels, relic and autograph parallels, and just lot of variations to sort through.  It's a homage to the crazy sets Playoff put out in the mid-2000s.  

The card featured to day is part of the Icons insert.  The set is called the Icons Material MVP relic set.  The MVP part comes from the die-cut MVP relic windows on the card.  For an unlicensed card it's a nice looker.  The plain gray swatches aren't much to look at, but it's a fairly rare card being numbered to just 15.

2009 Upper Deck Goudey Relic

Year: 2009

Card Manufacturer: Upper Deck

Card Set: Goudey

Card Number: GM-RY

Card Type: Insert

Insert Set: Goudey Memorabilia

Relic Type: Jersey

Card Attributes: Jersey Relic

Let's get back into the swing of things with a great little relic from Upper Deck's last issue of the Goudey tribute set from 2009.   The 2009 set was a homage to the 1934 World Wide Gum set and also featured a homage to the 1935 4 in 1's.  Robin has a base SP card in the set and the parallels,  as well as, being featured in a couple of the 4 in 1's and this lovely relic insert.  I'm a sucker for a good gimmick and I do love that the relic opening is a die-cut G even if the swatch is just plain gray.  

2006 Upper Deck Epic - Epic Materials Light Orange EM-RY2

Year: 2006

Manufacturer: Upper Deck

Set: Epic

Card Number: EM-RY2

Card Type: Insert Parallel

Insert Set: Epic Material Relic

Parallel: Light Orange 

Relic Type: Jersey

Card Attributes: Relic, Serial Numbered

Serial Number: 005/155

I'll be slowly working through all the new Younts I just picked up from my most recent COMC order.  While a lot of the cards had been sitting in my portfolio there for a long time this is one of the cards I was able to snag for a really good price during the Black Friday sale.  I have one other Epic relic and it's the purple version of this card.  Robin has two cards in the series, hence the RY2 in the card designation and there are a gazillion color parallels to chase.  

While I picked up a lot of really low numbered cards in my last shipment this was the only Yount relic I pulled the trigger on.  You gotta love when you find a seller who actually wants to sell some cards on COMC.  Plus it's always nice to get a swatch with a little color.

2008 Playoff Prime Cuts Icons Quad Relic

Year: 2008

Manufacturer: Donruss/Playoff

Set: Prime Cuts

Card Number: 22

Card Type: Insert Relic

Insert Set: Icons Materials - ICON

Relic Type: Quad Jersey

Card Attributes: Jersey Relic, Serial Numbered

Serial number: 7/9

I'd have to double check, but I'm pretty certain I don't own any 1 of 1 Yount cards, that includes printing plates. That might be surprising knowing that I super collect Robin's cards and he is by far my primary collecting focus for my entire trading card collection.  But honestly printing plates hold no more collecting value to me or emphasis than the card it was used to print.  That's mainly because I'm admittedly cheap and there are plenty of fellow Yount collector's that will pony up for those cards.  I'm not saying they wouldn't have a place in my collection, it's just not a focus of mine to chase those cards.  But that being said I do have a nice smattering of low numbered cards in my collection.  One of those is this quad relic from the Donruss/Playoff Prime Cuts set.  The Icons insert set has a ton of relic, autograph and relic autograph parallels.  This parallel is called the ICON parallel for the obvious reason the relic windows spell out ICON.  It's really a shame the swatches weren't more interesting on a card numbered to just 9.  Interestingly enough Donruss also skirted the licensing rules about logos.  You can clearly see the classic Brewers MB glove logo on Robin's helmet and he's in true team colors.   Upper Deck would pretty much put an end to this type of  card that walks the fine line when it got sues over it's 2010 Baseball set.  So now we get baseball cards from Panini that have zero logos and photoshopped false uniform colors.  

2003 Upper Deck Sweet Spot Classic Jersey Card

Year: 2003

Manufacturer: Upper Deck

Set: Sweet Spot Classic

Card Number: SJ-RY

Card Type: Insert, Relic

Card Set: Game Jerseys

Card Attributes: Relic

Relic Type: Jersey

I never personally opened any Sweet Spot product.  I'm cheap what can I say.  For me the risk / reward ratio is way too skewed.  But I've always loved the Sweet Spot Classic project, because its focus is retired players and HOFers that have had established careers.  And the checklist is chocked full of greats.  Here we have Robin's base relic in the set.  The overall design is pretty meh, but at least we get a muli-colored swatch which was what relic cards were all about in the early 2000's, that sweet pinstripe.  

2008 Topps Triple Threads Relics Sepia Parallel

Year: 2008

Manufacturer: Topps

Set: Triple Threads

Card Number: TTR-218

Card Type: Insert Multi-relic Parallel

Insert Set: Triple Threads Relics

Parallel Set: Sepia

Card Attributes: Relics, Serial Numbered

Relic Type: Bat, Jersey

Serial Number: 11/27

Sorry about the scan, I should have taken the card out of the top loader and penny sleeve, but I'm not going to dig it back out so it is what it is. 

I've never been a huge fan of Triple Threads.  Maybe its because the cards look the same year after year, or that the relic gimmicks just aren't my taste, but I'm not going to let that stop me from adding any of Robin's cards from the set to my collection.  This card celebrates Robin's 251 career home runs.  Not a monster number compared to the some of the power hits, but still very respectable.  And while the lettering may make this card look like a 6 relic card it vary obviously is only 3 separate relic pieces.  Like all things Topps there are a ton of parallels in the set, but even what is considered the base relic card is limited to only 36 copies and this sepia parallel is numbered to just 27.  The star of the card are the relic pieces with Robin's head taking up a very small portion of the card.

2005 Leaf Century Collection Dual relic

Year: 2005

Manufacturer: Donruss

Set: Leaf Century Collection

Card Number: 119

Card Type: Insert

Insert Set: Material Fabric Position

Card Attributes: Jersey Relic, Serial Numbered

Serial Number: 012/250

I really liked this set back when it came out and the more I look at the cards I still like it.  Besides the endless sea of parallels there were some really nice hits in this product.  This card however, even if it is technically a hit, is one of those endless parallel cards.  The base card had a bunch of parallels and relic parallels and autograph parallels.  This relic is in the Material Fabric Position set.  I know catchy.  Besides this card Robin had 2 more jersey relics, a bat relic and a couple autos.

2005 Donruss Diamond Kings Team Timeline Dual relic with Lyle Overbay

Year: 2005

Manufacturer: Donruss

Set: Diamond Kings

Card Number: TT-22

Card Type: Insert Relic

Insert Set: Team Timeline Materials with Lyle Overbay

Card Attributes: Serial numbered, Relic

Relic Type: Jersey

Serial number: 089/100

It was fun to watch Lyle come back to Milwaukee in 2014 for his last season even if the 2014 season ended horribly for the team.  Lyle originally played for the Brewers in 2004 and 2005 and here he gets paired with Robin Yount for the 2005 Team Timelines insert.  A nice double relic even if both swatches are kind of boring.  Like all insert in Diamond Kings there are multiple parallels of this card.  With a base version, this jersey relic version, a bat relic version and a prime jersey version.  

2008 Donruss Threads Century Stars Blue Jersey relic card

Year: 2008

Manufacturer: Donruss

Set: Threads

Card Number: CS-13

Card Type: Insert Relic

Insert Set: Century Stars 

Relic Type: Jersey

Card Attributes: Memorabilia, Serial Numbered

Serial Number:060/100

I'm not sure why, but I was all over this set when it came out in 2008.  It might have been that Robin was in the set and had a bunch of new cards for me to chase.  We also get one of our first tastes of  a non-MLB licensed baseball project.  But here Donruss gets a few liberties, things it could not get away with now thanks to Upper Deck's 2010 baseball set and lawsuit from Topps.  You can clearly see that there is no team name on the card, but there is a piece of the Brewers's logo visible, although not fully, on the batting helmet and chest.  The back of the card also clearly states, although very small, that this card is not authorized by the MLB or team.  But not having the blatant air brushing and uniform color change makes these cards very appealing.  It doesn't hurt that the card also has the Brewers color scheme.  

Robin actually has three different relics in the set and a couple autographs.  As a guy who collects Robin's cards I also pay attention to little things like that this card has two colored relic swatches that were  used.  This blue one featured and also a plain gray swatch.  There is no differentiation within the set, meaning both colors were mixed into the 100 issued cards, but for a Yount collector they are two different cards, at least for me and I'll feature a gray swatched card sometime in the future.

2015 Topps Tribute Jersey Relic

Year: 2015

Manufacturer: Topps

Set: Tribute

Card Number: TR-RY

Card Type: Insert Relic

Insert Set: Tribute Relics Base

Relic Type: Jersey

Card Attributes: Relic, Serial Numbered

Serial Number: 035/199

Fresh out of the mailbox.  One of my latest additions from ebay seller wfbookmen.  The seller Jon has a fairly regular Yount mega selection.  Sometimes it's a little overwhelming, but I've learned that I can't have everything and usually will focus on a couple cards or oddball items and take advantage of his generous combined shipping.

This marks the first of any 2015 Tribute cards to make it into my collection.  You may remember Topps recalled this project last year due to quality control issues with the autographs.  Topps has finally re-released it, but at an insane configuration and price point.  Anyways I still have yet to pick up any of Robin's base cards from the set, but I will.

The overall design isn't that bad.  It's been following this 1920's art deco style that Topps has been putting into Tribute for a while now.  I also like the fact that there is a little color on the swatch.  I remember back in the early 2000's when relic cards were really popular that the premium cards were the 2 color one's like this.  Now a days if it isn't a patch swatch it's really just filler.  But I'll take my new Yount relic,  This is the base relic numbered to 199, like all products these days there are lots of color parallels to chase.

2005 Upper Deck Baseball Heroes #64 Red Jersey Parallel

Year: 2005

Manufacturer: Upper Deck

Set: Baseball Heroes

Card Number: 64

Card Type: Color Parallel Relic

Color Parallel: Red

Relic Type: Jersey

Card Attributes: Serial Numbered, Jersey Relic

Serial Number: 11/99

Ah 2005 the year of the parallel card.  2005 is the year that Robin had the most cards ever produced for him. According to the Trading Card Database Robin had over 1000 cards produced for him in 2005.  That's a lot of cards to chase. Donruss help with a few of their sets, but Upper Deck also put out some sets with huge amounts of inserts and variations and Baseball Heroes is one of those sets.

Robin has 5 base cards in the set, 61-65 and all the color parallels and relic and auto parallels that go with those 5 cards.  I think Robin has at least 80 cards in this set alone if not closer to 100.  

I've given up trying to get all the cards from this set.  But when a nice red parallel jersey card almost falls into you lap, well I'm not going to pass it up.  I also can't believe how cheap I got this card for considering how overpriced a lot of Robin's cards seem to me these days on eBay.

But it's a really nice card with a great jersey piece.  At first glace it may just seem like a plain grey swatch, but if you look close you can see a couple stitches running through the piece.  

2003 Fleer Rookies and Greats - Through the Years dual relic with Scott Podsednik

Year: 2003

Card Manufacturer: Fleer

Card Set: Rookies and Greats

Card Number: TY-RY/SP

Card Type: Insert Relic

Insert Set:  Through the Years

Card Attributes: Relics, Serial Numbered

Relic Type: Jersey and Bat

Serial Number: 050/360

Wow that's quite a header.  I didn't open a ton of cards in 2003.  That was mainly due to my lifestyle at the time and where and how I was working.  That also happens to be close to the pinnacle of product production for sports cards.  I'm not talking about the billions of cards produced in the junk wax era, I'm talking about the fact that in 2003 there were over 100 different baseball products produced alone.  Think about that.  That's at least 2 new products a week, sometimes more of just baseball.  Now factor in that most card companies had multiple licenses if not all 4 and the shelves were packed with products.  The nice thing was most of those products were affordable, but there were just so many.  

Anyways the one thing we got out of the 2000's was dawn of the guaranteed hit! Autographed and relic cards had been around since the 90's.  And they were and are great for the hobby and they were a big hit with collectors.  With anything that's popular you can bet that the companies take notice and will run it into the ground.

What does that have to do with this card?  Nothing.  Other than it's from a set I never rip a single pack of.  Robin has three cards in this set, all relics.  Besides this great dual relic with Scott Podsednik, he has a patch version of this card and a relic card in the Boyhood Idols set. 

Over all the card isn't all that exciting in the layout, but I do enjoy the multiple relic cards that feature players from my team exclusively.  Scott only played for the Brewers two years 2003 and 2004 before moving on to the White Sox where he would help them win the World Series in 2005 and then married a Playboy Playmate.

2002 Topps Tribute Milestone Materials relic

Year: 2002

Card Manufacturer: Topps

Card Set: Tribute

Card Number: MIM-RY

Card Type: Insert Relic

Insert Set: Milestone Materials

Relic Type: Jersey

Card Attributes: Jersey Relic

Nothing to really get excited about, at least now.  Back in 2002 this was the bee's knees.  A nice shiny thick stock card with an actually game used relic.  Not an event used, game used for what that's worth.  Single color swatch and unnumbered the early 2000's marked a time with Robin's, and other players, jerseys were being cut up by the truck load for cards like this.  Still a nice card from the Cadillac of sets at the time.  I do like of the M shaped opening for the relic window.  Beats a plain square or circle.  Seems card makers are now just getting back to openings for their relic sets, you know besides Triple Threads.

2014 Panini Classics Baseball Yount checklist and gallery

Panini Classics Baseball brings back the old Donruss brand and a really stacked checklist of autos and relics from the greats.  Sadly without logos.  After looking thought the checklist Robin has a base card and 19 other parallel and insert cards to chase.  Looks like most of the autos and relics will be very limited and of course that means a premium price although probably slightly less than a fully licensed product, but that doesn't mean they'll be cheap.

Here are all his cards I found while looking thought the checklist. If you noticed  one I missed let me know and I'll add it.

I'll also add some scans when I find examples of the cards later.

Panini Classics Baseball #113
Panini Classics Baseball #113 Timeless Tributes Silver Parallel #/149
Panini Classics Baseball #113 Timeless Tributes Gold Parallel #/25
Panini Classics Baseball #113 Timeless Tributes Platinum Parallel 1/1
Panini Classics Baseball Legendary Lumberjacks Bats Signatures #18 #/10
Panini Classics Baseball Legendary Lumberjacks Jerseys Signatures #18  #/10
Panini Classics Baseball Legendary Lumberjacks Jerseys Signatures Prime #18 #/5
Panini Classics Baseball Legendary Lumberjacks Combos Signatures #18 #/10
Panini Classics Baseball Legendary Lumberjacks Combos Signatures Prime #18 #/5
Panini Classics Baseball Legendary Players Materials Signatures #22 #/10
Panini Classics Baseball Legendary Players Materials Signatures Prime #22 #/5
Panini Classics Baseball Legendary Players Bats Signatures #22 #/10
Panini Classics Baseball Membership Materials HOF Signatures #17 #/10
Panini Classics Baseball Membership Materials HOF Signatures Prime #17 #/5
Panini Classics Baseball Membership Materials MVP Signatures #17 #/10
Panini Classics Baseball Membership Materials MVP Signatures Prime #17 #/5
Panini Classics Baseball Significant Signatures Jersey Prime Gold #62  #/5
Panini Classics Baseball Significant Signatures Jersey Prime Platinum #62 1/1
Panini Classics Baseball Significant Signatures Bats Gold #62 #/5
Panini Classics Baseball Significant Signatures Bats Platinum #62 1/1

2004 Donruss Diamond Kings Legends Bronze Framed Dual Relic card

Card Manufacturer: Donruss

Card Set: Diamond Kings

Year: 2004

Card Number: 164

Card Type: Insert relic

Insert Set: Bronze Framed Dual Relic

Card Attributes: Relics, Serial Numbered

Relic Types: Jersey, Bat

Serial Numbered: 030/100

Here is a set that's going to be featured over and over again here on the blog. That'll happen when you have a gazzlion parallels and variations in your set. It really is an incredible feat if you can keep track of them all. I can't and  I rely on keeping good notes on what I have so when I come across these cards I can figure out which ones I need.

This card comes in a whole rainbow of flavors. I'll hazard a guess without actually looking it up, but there are probably over 30 to 40 different versions of Robin's #164 card if you count all the color variations, relic and auto versions, and framed parallels. It's almost mind numbing.

But here we have a really nice dual relic.  And I really like the dual relics that have different kinds of relics in them like this one.  I apologize for the blurry image. This card is entombed in a screwdown holder and I wasn't going to take it out.  

Serial numbered to just 100. There is also a nice blurb about the artist and Donruss even tells you what years Robin had Diamond Kings issued for him